The 1st ASEM Economic Ministers’ Meeting (ASEM EMM1) was held on 27-28 September 1997 in Makuhari, Japan, and attended by the Ministers responsible for economic affairs from 10 Asian and 15 European nations, with the Luxembourg Minister of Economy acting also as Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the Vice-President of the European Commission.
The meeting was chaired by the Minister of International Trade and Industry Mitsuo Horiuchi of Japan.